Chapter 15: A night of regrets

Astrid's POV

Something's up. It's been too long. Where's Hiccup?

I march straight over the restrooms and go inside the women's room. She's not there. It's completely empty. This raises an alarm for me.

For a moment, I considered that she went somewhere else or that she went home. So I called her phone. I just hope she will just pick it up to relieve my nerves.

All I get is this." Hi. You reach Hiccup. A.K.A Henrietta. I am not here at the moment. Leave your name and message and I will get back to you."

I tried again and I get the same response.

" Hi. You reach Hiccup. A.K.A Henrietta. I am not here at the moment. Leave your name and message and I will get back to you."

" Damn!" I nearly shout as I pocket the phone.

" Miss. Hofferson. Is something the matter?" I heard a teacher. It was Mr. Kieser. He must be here to chaperone the dance tonight.

" Hiccup's gone." I tell him.

" Hiccup?" He said in confusion.

" Henrietta." I corrected myself. I often forget that the teachers refer to her by her real name instead of the nickname.

He immediately looked concerned. " Do you have any idea where she may have gone."

I scoff, " No. She told me she had to use the bathroom. It's been twenty minutes and she's still not back. I checked the bathroom to see if she was still there. She wasn't. I just tried calling her phone. She hasn't answered."

" Oh god." He mumbles out of worry and gets out his own phone. " I'm contacting the police. Her guardian, Gobber, is in the gym. Can you go get him?" He asked. Though it was more of a have to.

I run into the gym and I instantly spot Gobber dancing on the floor.

" Hey Lass!" He smiles but it disappears when he sees my face.

" Gobber!" I shout and he nearly slips on his prosthetic.

" Lass." He responds. " What's wrong?"

" Hiccup's missing. No one know's where she is!" I shout over the music to him.

" Let's get out here and you can tell me everything!" He tells me and we both head out of the gym in time to see a couple of people from the school security office coming down the hall.

" Do you have anything on her?" Mr. Kieser asks them. I wasn't prepared at all for what they were about to say

" We have some footage from the cameras. We saw the student come out of the men's room and was hit over the head with some blunt object before dragging the student unconscious. We have no clear view of the person who hit her. The person was wearing a non-descript black hoodie and pants. We couldn't even make out the gender." The guy said.

" Oh my god." Mr. Kieser clutches his mouth in horror as he turns away.

" The police should be here any minute to take statements." The security guy says.

Statements. Statements!? That's the best they can do!?

" They shouldn't be here taking statements now! They should be going out and finding her!" I shout at the guy viciously. Even for a grown man, he yelps at me yelling at him.

" Astrid. I know you're angry and worry. But this isn't the answer now. What we need is to figure a trail where Henrietta could have been taken to." Gobber tells her. " We will find her."

" I'm not concerned of whether we find her. I'm more concern on finding her either dead or alive." I growl under my breath.


Hiccup's POV.

I don't know how long I was there. It seems like forever. It might be because of how long and torturous the beating was.

I was thrown at the wall again for the millionth time and I crumpled to the floor. I don't even stop the people from kicking my viciously into my back. I stopped crying in pain by now.

" Enough." The snake said. I hear out my good ear her footsteps. She yanks me by the hair and make me face her. Her scary smile is bestowed on her beautiful face.

" I have to say. I never expected you to be so… much fun." She sneers at my vulnerable state.

I could only breath out heavily in response. My breathing has never hurt this much. If my ribs weren't broken before, they are broken now.

I couldn't even break free because of my hands being tied behind my back.

" You got it on camera?" She asks someone. I don't know who. It justs seems too dark and unfocused for me. It doesn't help since my glasses was smashed at one point. I can't see far without my glasses.

" Confession and everything." I heard a guy.

" Excellent." She says before turning back to me. " Come on Hiccup. We're going to go for a little drive."

I'm suddenly forced onto my feet. I can barely walk. I lean heavily against the people that are technically dragging me up the stairs of some house and out the door.

I nearly tripped on a curb as they lead me back to the car I was dragged into. Everything is a blur to me. My heads hurt and I feel disoriented. From the looks of the skies, it's really late at night.

" What about my house. There's blood everywhere." A girl said As I'm shoved into the backseat of the vehicle.

" Just clean it with bleach." She snarls at her. " It should cover it up."

I lean my head against window as the car starts up and pulls out of the driveway.

" What are planning to do with her?" The guy asked.

" Just dump her ass off somewhere far from the house. I just have one thing to make sure we're clear on." I heard Dagny.

The driving goes on for about ten minutes until it stops at a neighborhood.

The door that I was leaning up against opens and I fall onto the paved ground hard.

"mhhhh…" I groan painfully. I can't seem to move.

" Listen to me you transwhore. If you so much as tell anyone what happened between you and I, you will be much worse off than what you are right now. Got it?"

I slightly nod in response. Though I'm confused of what did happened between her and I. I must have made her real mad.

" Alright. She's sweared on it." She calls out to her friends.

" Let's go before anyone notices." The guy says.

I hear her run and slam the car door close before they drive off. Leaving me on the cold pavement with my hands tied behind my back like some animal.

I feel like a wounded animal. I don't know a place where there is no pain to compare to the pain that I'm experiencing. It just hurt. My torso. My head. The worst one is my leg. Why does my leg hurt so much?

I blink tears of pain and sadness out of my eyes as I am stuck alone on the side of the road. No one there to hear my cries.

Why did tonight have to go like the way it did? I just wanted for once to be ok with myself. But I had to ruin it all by standing up to her. I just wanted to go to the dance with Astrid. I just wanted to have fun with her and not feel like an outsider. Was it really hard to ask?

" I'm sorry." I said through my forsaken tears of shame. " I'm sorry dad. I'm sorry Astrid. I'm sorry to everybody."

I hear someone running towards me. As the sound gets closer. It sounds more like two people. I honestly don't care at this point anymore.

I feel my vision start to blacken again. I know that I'm about to lose consciousness again. The cold paved ground doesn't help so much either.

" Shit!" I hear a man shout. " Call 911!"

" Oh god!" A woman gasped. " Who would do something like this to this poor boy?!"

If only they knew that I wasn't a boy.

I feel the my hand bindings being cut off.

" I'm sorry." I said.

" You don't have to be sorry." The woman shouts but I'm not really paying much attention at the moment.

" I'm sorry." I said as I hear sirens coming my way.

From the corner my eye, I see people pull out a gurney. I wonder who it's for as my head becomes too painful for me to stay aware. Let alone think.

" I'm sorry." I said before I lose touch of this world.


This is a deep chapter and very heinous. This was based on the a tv movie that I don't remember the name, but it had something to do with a teenaged girl being viciously beaten by some people in one scene while being videotaped.

More details on the injuries will be revealed in the next chapter. I won't over do the injuries because no offense but some writers tend to overdo beatings. I just want to be more realistic on what a vicious beating will look like.

Please review and see you later.